Wisden Cricket Weekly

Taha Hashim and Phil Walker look back at the second day's play at The Oval, one that saw England emerge as unlikely favourites to level the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana speaks to Jo Harman on the phone at The Oval as England squander their solid start on a good wicket at 'the People's Ground' before a Jos Buttler rescue act restored a modicum of respectability. Mitch Marsh the unlikely hero with the ball for Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Graeme Swann joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to discuss what's gone wrong for England in the Ashes, what happens next, what's gone right for Australia, spin bowling and captaincy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor and editor-in-chief Jo Harman and Phil Walker look back on a fascinating final day's play at Old Trafford, work out where the Ashes was won and lost, and discuss what changes England should make for The Oval. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taha Hashim is joined by CricBuzz's Australia correspondent Bharat Sundaresan to discuss Steve Smith's unyielding excellence, Mitchell Starc's return to form, and whether England can turn the tables yet again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rich Evans and Taha Hashim discuss a day which started with much promise for England, but was punctured by the brilliance of Josh Hazlewood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taha Hashim is joined by Rich Evans and Ben Gardner to discuss day two of the Old Trafford Ashes Test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Digital editor Rich Evans joins Taha Hashim and Ben Gardner from Old Trafford to discuss a weird first day of the fourth Ashes Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bumper episode featuring Ben Gardner in conversation with Phil Walker and Jo Harman about the Headingley Test, Mark Robinson's England departure, the County Championship and more, an interview with Alex Carey on his peculiar career trajectory and Manoj Narayan on India's win in West Indies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Gardner and the Cricbuzz's Australia correspondent Bharat Sundaresan look back at one of the most bonkers days in cricket's history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ashes Daily 12: Joe Root gives England the faintest of glimmers by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After England's third sub-100 score this year, Ben Gardner and Jarrod Kimber try to make sense of another mind-boggling day of Ashes cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ashes Daily 10: Archer's first five-for of many, Labuschagne's promise, and getting hit amidships by Wisden Cricket Weekly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Steve Smith ruled out of the third Ashes Test in Leeds, the panel assess England's chances of levelling the series as well as looking back at the recent KSL and County Championship action. That plus a whole lot more in this week's Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taha Hashim and Phil Walker reflect on the final day of the Lord's Test and look ahead to what might happen in Leeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana and Taha Hashim reflect on the fourth day at Lord's where a sickly blow to Steve Smith's neck overshadowed one of the all-time great Ashes duels between himself and Jofra Archer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman and Yas Rana talk about a shortened day three at Lord's that leaves the prospect of a result in the balance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana and Phil Walker look back at the action from day two at Lord's where England were bowled out for 258 on a slow wicket as Cummins and Hazlewood starred for Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nathan Lyon spins Australia to victory on day five as England barely make the halfway point in the day. Yas Rana, Jo Harman and Ben Gardner look back at the day and look ahead to potential changes each side (mainly England) could make for the second Test at Lord's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Smith continued his quite frankly ridiculous recent Ashes form with his 10th Test hundred against England to set Australia in a position where they need 10 wickets to win the first Test of the series. Jo Harman and Yas Rana look back at the day's play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An ebbing and flowing third day ended with England with their noses in front. Yas Rana, Ben Gardner, and Taha Hashim look back on an undulating day in which Chris Woakes saved England with the bat before Steve Smith brought Australia back into the contest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A week is an aeon in cricket. Rory Burns scores a maiden hundred that he'll remember for the rest of his life as England move into a dominant position after the second day at Edgbaston. Phil Walker, Yas Rana and Jo Harman look back at another memorable day of Ashes cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Well, well, well. After all the chat and pre-Ashes hype, day one of the first Test at Edgbaston certainly delivered. A Steve Smith masterclass helped Australia come back from 122-8 to 284 all out, leaving them arguably ahead of the game after the first day of the 2019 Ashes. Yas Rana and Taha Hashim look back at a brilliant day of cricket, while Phil Walker waxes lyrical about a special Steve Smith century from the ground at Edgbaston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wisden trio of Yas Rana, Phil Walker and Jo Harman come together for a blockbuster Ashes preview featuring interviews with Glenn McGrath and Ireland hero Tim Murtagh. They look back at the Ireland Test, the Women's Ashes, county cricket and Mohammad Amir's retirement and look ahead to the men's Ashes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana and Jo Harman are joined by Tom Huelin and former Hampshire wicketkeeper Michael Bates as they discuss the Women's Ashes, the Ireland Test, the Zimbabwe situation, the Hundred, the T20 Blast, the Euro T20 Blast, the art of wicketkeeping and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Butcher and John Altman join Yas Rana in an Ashes special. They look back to the World Cup final and exchange stories about their time in and around the England and Australia sides of the 90s and early 2000s. Taha Hashim speaks to Yas about England's squad for the Ireland Test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a fantastic, outrageous, extraordinary conclusion to the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup, Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Felix White to try and make some sense of it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Sunday, England will play their first Men’s Cricket World Cup final for 27 years, and their first live match on free-to-air television since 2005, taking on New Zealand at Lord’s. Jo Harman is joined by Jonathan Liew of The Independent, New Zealand Herald reporter Andrew Alderson and Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross to preview the final and discuss the key match-ups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five countries have lifted the trophy in the history of the Men’s Cricket World Cup. On Sunday we will have our sixth. It will be England v New Zealand in the showpiece final at Lord’s, after Eoin Morgan’s side produced a near-perfect performance to brush aside Australia by eight wickets at Edgbaston. Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth to discuss England’s victory, including the rejuvenation of Adil Rashid, the genius of Jofra Archer and the Test future of Jason Roy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A semi-final that looked to be drifting towards a rain-sodden anti-climax was transformed into one of the most memorable in World Cup history, New Zealand defending 239 to turn over India and take their place in Sunday’s final at Lord’s. Jo Harman is joined by Wisden’s Phil Walker and Indian writer Chetan Narula to discuss the Kiwis’ magnificent victory, Ravindra Jadeja’s extraordinary innings in a losing cause and MS Dhoni’s future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup in its final stretch, Jo Harman is joined by ex-England captain Adam Hollioake, Test Match Special commentator Daniel Norcross and Wisden’s Phil Walker to discuss the final four, Australia’s old-school approach and consider for which team did the tournament go most wrong. Hollioake, the only England skipper to ever win a 50-over global trophy, picks out Jason Roy as the key man ahead of the hosts’ semi-final and believes their attacking-style should prove too much for the Aussies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 38 days and 45 matches, the group stage of the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup is now complete, India finishing top of the tree after Australia lost to South Africa by 10 runs in a thriller at Old Trafford. Jo Harman is joined by Sam Perry, Aussie journalist and co-host of the Grade Cricketer podcast, to discuss Australia’s mounting injury crisis, David Warner’s latest hundred and the rapid rise of Alex Carey. The pair also discuss India’s win over Sri Lanka – in which Rohit Sharma scored his fifth century of the tournament, a new record – and bid a fond World Cup farewell to the one and only Lasith Malinga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There was to be no miracle at Lord’s, Pakistan missing out on a place in the semi-finals to New Zealand on net run-rate. But they did at least finish with a rousing victory over Bangladesh at Lord’s, Imam-ul-Haq hitting his first hundred of the tournament and the teenage left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi taking record-breaking figures of 6-35. Jo Harman is joined by Elizabeth Ammon of The Times to analyse Pakistan and Bangladesh’s contrasting campaigns, and react to the news that the World Cup final will be shown live on a free-to-air platform, on the proviso that England qualify for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Editor of the Wisden Almanack Lawrence Booth joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman for an episode that barely mentions the World Cup. The panel talk Women's Ashes, county cricket, Bradman and Scouse cricketers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England will play in their first World Cup semi-final for 27 years, taking on either Australia or India at Edgbaston next Thursday, after a Jonny Bairstow century helped sweep aside New Zealand by 119 runs to confirm their place in the last four. Jo Harman is joined by Ben Jones of CricViz to discuss an emphatic English victory that takes them one step closer to a first-ever World Cup title, while Kiwi journalist Andrew Alderson is concerned by the Black Caps’ form after three successive defeats have seen them limp towards the semi-finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India beat Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston to seal their place in the semi-finals and end the Tigers' chances of a top-four finish, leaving England, Pakistan and New Zealand to fight it out for the two remaining spots. Jo Harman is joined by South African writer Daniel Gallan and Rob Johnston of Cricbuzz to discuss how India are shaping up ahead of the semis, the crunch encounter between England and New Zealand, and a surprise appearance at Glastonbury from Chris Woakes. Please gamble responsibly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wisden duo of Yas Rana and Ben Gardner discuss Sri Lanka's win over West Indies, the cons of using net run-rates, the Women's Ashes and Adil Rashid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yas Rana and CricViz's Ben Jones discuss a vital win for England over India at Edgbaston that keeps their World Cup dream alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Gardner is joined by Wisden writer Taha Hashim for his podcast debut to discuss Australia's comfortable win over New Zealand and Pakistan's thriller against Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phil Walker and Vithushan Ehantharajah look back at South Africa's win over Sri Lanka and look forward to England's titanic, must win game against India on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a special episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast, Zafar Ansari joins Yas Rana and Phil Walker to talk about his reasons for quitting the sport at 25, the ongoing World Cup, Marcus Trescothick's career, cricketers' pay, diversity within cricket and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s getting to the business end of the tournament, and on the back of a Babar Azam masterpiece that puts Pakistan right back in the heart of it, Phil Walker gets suitably carried away with the right-hander's celestial genius. Thankfully Andrew Alderson of the NZ Herald is on hand to provide some rather more sober analysis about New Zealand’s chances, and we also hear from John Stern, Wisden Cricket Monthly’s editor-at-large, who tries vainly to keep the pessimism at bay while picking through the debris of England’s latest defeat against Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Glastonbury-bound Jo Harman joins Phil Walker from Lord’s to unpick England’s latest botched run chase - make that three in four now - as Australia gave their hosts a lesson in how to play hard-boiled tournament cricket. Are we on the cusp of the most exquisitely English of failures? Or is the No.1-ranked side in the world toying with us? We’ve been here before... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Daniel Norcross of Test Match Special and CricViz analyst Ben Jones to reflect on the last week of World Cup action and preview the key matches ahead. With Bangladesh beating Afghanistan, thanks to another inspired performance from Shakib Al Hasan, they joined Sri Lanka and Pakistan in cranking up the pressure on the top four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the 1992 World Cup, Pakistan won just one of their first five matches and went on to lift the trophy. Could history be about to repeat itself? Jo Harman is joined by Daniel Gallan to look back at Pakistan’s 49-run victory over the Proteas at Lord’s, as they discuss the potent threat of Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz, some strong words from coach Mickey Arthur for the Pakistani press, and the futures of Faf du Plessis and Ottis Gibson. They also consider the wider impact this miserable campaign could have on South African cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 24 of the Men’s Cricket World Cup was Super Saturday – two games packed full of drama reaching nail-biting climaxes. Jo Harman is joined by Chetan Narula to reflect on India’s 11-run win over Afghanistan, as they debate whether MS Dhoni’s curious innings almost cost his side the match. And we also have Kiwi reporter Andrew Alderson on the show, dissecting an extraordinary match between New Zealand and West Indies at Old Trafford in which Carlos Brathwaite almost pulled off one of the all-time great World Cup heists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Phil Walker and Indian journalist Manoj Narayan as they probe England's shocking loss to Sri Lanka, how that has thrown this World Cup wide open and its effect on the tournament standings. The boys further discuss the upcoming games and India's options in absence of Shikhar Dhawan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Butcher joins Yas Rana and Jo Harman on a special episode of the Wisden Cricket Daily Podcast. He talks about the World Cup so far, the disparity in athleticism between the top teams and the rest, James Vince, Mark Wood, county cricket, Surrey's season so far, Dom Sibley, Jimi Hendrix and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Harman is joined by Dan Gallan after another defeat for South Africa. A Kane Williamson masterclass all but ended their World Cup hopes, while New Zealand are virtually assured of a spot in the last four. Jo and Dan look back at one of the games of the tournament and discuss what the future holds for South African cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are officially halfway through this tournament – 24 matches in, 24 to go. Phil Walker is joined by Jo Harman at Old Trafford to dissect England’s latest statement performance, at the hands of Afghanistan, a match that featured more sixes than any other World Cup game in history. And the boys look forward to the matches to come later in the week and ask if South Africa and Bangladesh can keep the story bubbling along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices